 Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, ... | |
Under pressure at the nanoscale, polymers play by different rules October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the rules. | |
 Playing Pinball with Atoms October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those devices ... | |
New study on properties of carbon nanotubes, water could have wide-ranging implications October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes, according ... | |
 Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have fabricated a 'nanopencil' with a tip so small that it can be used as a scanning probe in ultrahigh-density computer data storage systems. | |
 New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers. | |
Tweezers Trap Nanotubes by Color September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Singled-walled carbon nanotubes are graphene sheets wrapped into tubes, and are typically made up of various sizes and with different amounts of twist (also known as chiralities). Each type of nanotube has its own electronic ... | |
Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities – with a variety of practical applications – is using carbon nanotubes for ... | |
Future nanoelectronics may face obstacles September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Combining ordinary electronics with light has been a potential way to create minimal computer circuits with super fast information transfer. Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden and the University of ... | |
 Scientists peel away the mystery behind gold's catalytic prowess September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Few materials have exercised as much of a hold on the human imagination, or on human history, as has gold. But for all of its popular uses – money, medals, jewelry and more – gold's potential as a catalyst ... | |
 New probe could aid quantum computing September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. Ever since ... | |
 Coating copies microscopic biological surfaces September 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Someday, your car might have the metallic finish of some insects or the deep black of a butterfly's wing, and the reflectors might be patterned on the nanostructure of a fly's eyes, according to Penn State ... | |
Researchers Produce Best-Yet Dye-Based Solar Cells July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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In work that may help solar panels become a more viable source of mainstream power, a research group has created a dye-based solar cell with a high efficiency and high stability, and that lacks the volatile chemicals used ... | |
 Simulations help explain fast water transport in nanotubes September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists at the University of Illinois have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation ... | |
A cautionary note in the use of carbon nanotubes as interconnects September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (UK) have used scanning tunnelling microscopy to confirm remarkable changes in the fundamental electronic behaviour when double-walled ... | |
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